Author: paschmann

Travel: Walldorf & Heidelberg Germany

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Work trip to Germany over 10 days. Was super busy work wise with a leadership offsite, team members visiting from Bulgaria and meeting and making new friends. Was one of my more memorable visits to the SAP HQ 🙂

Over the weekend I spent some time training in Heidelberg for the upcoming 70.3 Ironman Chattanooga Race. The “City Bad” (City Pool) was chaotic to train in, but also pretty fun versus my local YMCA 🙂 Sunday I did a big strength session, running to the top of Thingstätte, down across the river and back up the other side to Königstuhl. After walking down the 300 odd stairs last year, I really wanted to run up them, so this was the perfect opportunity. read more

Epic Photo: Richard Lasher – Mt. St. Helens 1980

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An interesting and memorable photo I came across on Instagram and looked into the story behind it. Fascinating read.

Photograph of a pinto with Mount St. Helens erupting in the background.

Story Source:

The Eruption and the Pinto

An epic tale of survival, a viral photo, and the disappearance of Dick Lasher.

Days after the catastrophic eruption of Mount St. Helens, Cliff Smith heard a remarkable story he’d never forget. 

Smith was working for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, pitching vending machine companies on carrying their cigarettes. Smith was riding shotgun with a “routeman,” restocking vending machines with Camels, when he started talking about his close call with the eruption. The man’s name was Richard “Dick” Lasher. 

On the morning of May 18, 1980, Lasher, who was also a freelance photographer, headed towards Mount St. Helens in his bright red Ford Pinto. Lasher told Smith that his plan was to drive his Pinto as far as he could, then take his motorcycle, precariously hitched to the bumper, even closer. “He tried to get as close as possible,” Smith recalled. “I don’t think at the time he knew just how close he was.”  read more

Carvera Air CNC

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Super stoked to have finally received the Carvera Air which I ordered on Kickstarter about 9 months ago!!! After doing a bunch of 3D printing and laser cutting with the Glowforge, I really wanted to test/try out CNC’ing and see what I could learn and build with a small desktop machine. I have been considering this for probably 4+ years, but never found the right machine or the intention to spend the money. Last year I decided to pull the trigger and after a long wait it finally arrived 🙂

First project was building a couple small parts to understand the workflow which I think turned out great. Overall, I am already really impressed. I think I will be constrained by the bed size, but will cross that bridge when I get to it 🙂 read more